Forthcoming Events

NOVEMBER

• 18-20 November: WIPO Online Mediation and Arbitration Workshop, online.
• 20 November: Mastering Patent Portfolio Management in The Age of AI, online.
• 20-21 November: EPO Case Law Conference 2025, online.
• 20-21 November: EUIPO Conference on Copyright, Alicante.
• 24-25 November: WIPO Global Research Experts Meeting on Improving Women's Participation in Innovation, Creativity, and IP, Geneva.
• 26 November: Royal Society of Chemistry Intellectual Property Law Seminar, London.
• 26 November: Protecting Confidential Information, Trade Secrets and Know How, online.
• 27 November: Employee Inventions and International R&D, online.
• 26-28 November: Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2025, online. IPKat readers are entitled to a 25% discount using VIP code IPKAT2025ERA (the discount can be combined with the early bird discount (where applicable) but cannot be used alongside other discounts).

DECEMBER

• 1 December: Roundtable on Generative AI and Freedom of Expression, Örebro.
• 2 December: Freedom-to-Operate: Search and Analysis, online.
• 2 December: Invention Management in Practice: Processes, Pitfalls and Tools, online.
• 2 December: Open Source Software: Licenses and Patents, online.
• 2 December: Patent Drafting with local Generative AI, online.
• 4-5 December: Munich Winter Course on US and EU Patent Licensing, Munich.
• 5 December: CITMA Christmas Lunch, London.
• 8 December: The CJEU Mio/konektra Referrals: An Insider’s View, Stockholm and online.
• 10 December: Open Minds: Understanding Copyright in Museums, online.
• 10-11 December: Patents and Freedom to Operate for Chemists & Biologists, online.

2026

JANUARY

• 19-21 January: Patent Litigation Europe Summit, Amsterdam. IPKat readers are entitled to a 10% discount using VIP code IPKAT10.

MARCH

• 16-17 March: Global IP Exchange Europe, Amsterdam.
• 18 March: IP Agreements: Research and Development Agreements, online.
• 19 March: How to Protect And Manage Trade Secret Assets, online.
• 19 March: IP Agreements: Patent License Agreements, online.

APRIL

• 9-10 April: 33rd Fordham Annual IP Conference, New York City (NY).

MAY

• 2-6 May: 2026 INTA Annual Meeting, London.
• 21-22 May: IP Case Law Conference (IPCLC) 2026, Alicante and online.

JUNE

• 10-12 June: UNION-IP Congress 2026, Amsterdam.
• 18-19 June: ALAI Congress 2026: Copyright and Free Expression in the Age of Algorithms, The Hague.
• 28 June-1 July: The 2026 ATRIP Annual Congress, São Paulo.